This 1875 single-family originally had a two-room layout on the first floor that didn’t fit the clients’ needs. By removing the dividing wall, the awkwardly-sized and isolated spaces transform into an open tripartite plan. The formerly separated rooms are stitched together by a thickened wall of new storage and utilities, and a lowered ceiling plane negotiates two different ceiling heights. This new dining zone is thus defined without disrupting the continuity between spaces.